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FORCES Friends of Recreation, Conservation, and Environmental Stewardship FORCES Friends of Recreation, Conservation, and Environmental Stewardship Fall 2018 Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue 3 In this issue: Page: The FORCES mission is to engage • Faculty Highlight…………8 New York State college students to simultaneously improve OPRHP Steward Spotlight ………9 resources and enrich student • Partner Highlight ……….11 academic, recreational, and career • Staff Highlight…………...13 opportunities. FORCES Sings A “New” Tune Tom Hughes, NRS Biologist Central Region FORCES Program Manager As I reviewed all the awesome content in this latest issue of our newsletter, I was reminded that our FORCES teams around the Regions have been hard at work bringing so many new and amazing things to our program. New people— FORCES Stewardship Corps in Ithaca’s “Three Gorges” Parks (page 12). Also new for 2018— we introduced our “Concert New partners— WNY Landscape Resource Center In The Park” music series, as we welcomed folk in Niagara Region (page 5), Pleasantville Lion’s Americana band PA Line. The guys from PA Line Club at Rockefeller State Park Preserve (page 6) traveled out from Buffalo to perform a public show and the Empire Animal Rescue Society (EARS) at at our 4th Annual Trainapalooza at Robert H. Allegany State Park (page 7). Treman State Park. Park patrons and our FORCES Stewards danced and sang along with New life— first piping plover (Charadrius melodus) the band for over two hours! We plan to have chicks in eastern Lake Ontario in over 30 years at more public concerts at future FORCES events, Sandy Island Beach State Park (page 2). and we hope that PA Line will come visit us again. Welcome Frodo, Gimli, Pippin & Merry –- our family of plover chicks (pictured below). “Peace Always” http://nysparks.com/environment/forces.aspx Page 1 Central Region Update Mike Serviss, AHTF Project Coordinator, Dallas Ortel, BCA Project Coordinator, Alivia Sheffield, Piping Plover Project Coordinator The American hart’s-tongue fern (AHTF) conservation project was firing on all cylinders this summer and a great deal was accomplished to bolster the survival of one of NYS’s most rare and endangered plants. A total of eight regular Fern Crew members, composed of recent graduates and students from Onondaga Community College, SUNY ESF, and Le Moyne, actively participated in AHTF conservation activities between May and August. Over 40,000 invasive plants were removed from Clark Reservation and Chittenango Falls State Parks over the course of the summer. Three extant AHTF populations were censused, each exhibiting a 50-75% increase in individuals over 2012 levels! Three transplanted AHTF populations were censused on a monthly basis, Late summer AHTF Crew at Clark showing growth and increased spore production since 2017. Over 130 Reservation State Park. Miranda Gregory, flowering plant and 18 fern species were inventoried by the Fern Crew at Julian Tucci, Kelsey West, Julia Greco. Clark Reservation using the iNaturalist app, including identification and Photo credit: OPRHP phenological data. Samples of Asian jumping worms were collected by the crew and identified by Finger Lakes FORCES steward Juliana Isnardi (thanks Juliana!). Twelve educational programs/guided hikes were completed for a variety of community organizations. And to cap off a tremendously busy summer, the Fern Crew assisted botanists from the New York Natural Heritage Program to locate multiple rare plant species, including roseroot (Rhodiola rosea) (S1) at Chittenango Falls and several occurrences of cork elm (Ulmus thomasii) (S2S3) at Clark Reservation. During this past summer, stewards worked to manage multiple aspects of the Green Lakes Bird Conservation Area (BCA). This management included assisting with deer impact studies within the forested areas, assisting with biocontrol site location, trail maintenance, and the removal of over 20,000 invasive plants. The addition of deer impact studies this season was the largest change for the project recently. These studies were conducted internally using two different methods. In one method, teams worked on a bi-weekly basis to collect data within five sets of plots. These plots contained open and enclosed areas in which the ten tallest saplings were recorded for height, species, and browse. In the second method, teams were sent to randomly chosen spots within forested habitat. Measurements were taken of light density and vegetation coverage in all cardinal directions. In addition, plots were chosen at set distances in which all forest floor vegetation was identified. As part of an ongoing study, the BCA Team continued to help in data collections for an Invasive Species Research Institute (ISRI), pale swallow-wort project. These data are collected on a yearly basis and will help to show the impacts of pale swallow-wort on the environment and the effectiveness of our current management methods. As an addition to ISRI’s current project, sites were located for the proposed release of the pale swallow-wort defoliating moth (Hypena opulenta). We hope to have caged releases in the near future! The management of the Green Lakes BCA could not be done without the help of our FORCES Stewards. Thanks to them, we are able to maintain valuable habitat for both grassland and forest bird species as well as keep the park a safe and beautiful experience for all. The Great Lakes Piping Plover is a Federally and State Endangered shorebird that disappeared from the eastern shores of Lake Ontario for over 30 years as their population diminished to only 12 pairs in 1986. This year, 2018, a pair of Piping Plovers nested and had 100% success with 4 chicks fledging (flying), on Sandy Island Beach State Park, in Pulaski, NY. They all left on July 29th to begin their journey to their wintering grounds, south of North Carolina. We hope the four chicks, as well as their parents, make their way successfully back to raise chicks of their own back on our shores and in our state parks next summer. State Park Staff, FORCES Stewards, volunteers, as well as partner organizations were all a critical Male adult piping plover and chick on part in the success of this season. Sandy Island Beach State Park. Photo credit: OPRHP http://nysparks.com/environment/forces.aspx Page 2 Coordinator’s Corner Amy Kochem, FORCES Program Coordinator Seven FORCES Stewardship Corps Members and 54 FORCES Stewards across six NYS Park Regions was what the summer Upcoming Events of 2018 looked liked for FORCES. Our dedicated team of Stewards worked diligently on projects including wildlife 11/14/19 Volunteer Stewardship Day monitoring, invasives management, environmental education, Rockefeller State Park Preserve habitat restoration, and flora and fauna surveys. We are evermore appreciative for the hours spent on these critical 11/25/18 Old Growth Forest Visits: projects. Dehgayasoh Valley Woods Letchworth State Park Our 4th Annual Trainapalooza was held May 31st - June 1st at RH Treman State Park. With 50 Stewards and Park Staff 12/8/18- Lorenzo’s Christmas Celebration coming together for a two-day training, it was our largest 12/9/18 Lorenzo State Historic Site attended FORCES event yet...and two of the hottest days of the summer! After the workshop sessions and a group BBQ, 12/15/18 44th Annual Letchworth Silver evening entertainment was provided by PA Line, an Americana Lake Christmas Bird Count Folk Band out of the Buffalo area. They sang, we danced and Letchworth State Park had lots of fun being together. 12/18/18 Paint & Learn with Piping Plovers This fall, we congratulated and then said goodbye to Dallas Pulaski Public Library Ortel, our Green Lakes Bird Conservation Area (BCA) Coordinator. He accepted a position with Apex Industries in 12/31/18 Beaver Island Blizzard Bash! Syracuse working on stormwater systems. Dallas has been an Beaver Island State Park asset to our staff since his start with Parks in 2016 as a NYS Strike Team Supervisor. We will certainly miss him! 1/1/19 First Day Hike: Find an event near you on our website The FORCES program continues to expand across NYS. We welcomed Andy Damon, Saratoga/Capital Conservation Crew 2/12/19- Binghamton Pond Fest Coordinator, to our FORCES Team. One of his responsibilities 2/13/19 Chenango Valley State Park is to get a FORCES started in the Saratoga/Capital Region. There is lots of interest in that region and we’re excited to get For more information email rolling out there. [email protected] or visit www.nysparks.com/events Keep an eye out on the FORCES website for the Who’s Who publication that will highlight all of our 2018 FORCES Stewards. Searching for a spring internship? Be sure to contact your regional FORCES staff to inquire about spring opportunities. Affiliated Institutions Cazenovia College Paul Smith’s College SUNY Alfred Clarkson University Rochester Institute of Technology SUNY Binghamton Columbia College St. John Fisher College SUNY Brockport Cornell University Syracuse University SUNY Cobleskill Finger Lakes Community College University of Buffalo SUNY Cortland Hartwick College* University of Rochester SUNY ESF* Hobart & William Smith Colleges Vassar College SUNY Geneseo* Houghton College Wells College* SUNY Morrisville Ithaca College SUNY Oneonta* Le Moyne College* SUNY Oswego Niagara Community College *Denotes active FORCES SUNY Purchase Niagara University Clubs Alfred University Onondaga Community College Bucknell University Pace University http://nysparks.com/environment/forces.aspx Page 3 Student Conservation Association, NYS Parks AmeriCorps Update Madeline Simpson, FORCES Program Specialist (SCA) This Summer, as the Student Conservation Association (SCA) FORCES Program Specialist, I was fortunate enough to participate in a variety of amazing opportunities across New York State. These experiences involved service projects, environmental education programs, exciting environmental education conferences and certifications, as well as trail and land management projects. I had the honor of planting saplings and removing invasive species alongside the founder of the SCA, Liz Putnam, at the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve.
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